Nature: Low-reflection Wings Make Butterflies Nearly Invisible (IMAGE)

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Nature: Low-reflection Wings Make Butterflies Nearly Invisible

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Contrary to other transparent surfaces, the wings of the glasswing butterfly (Greta Oto) hardly reflect any light. Lenses or displays of mobiles might profit from the investigation of this phenomenon.

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Photo: Radwanul Hasan Siddique, KIT

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